1Sa 10:1, 15:1, 2Sa 2:4, 1Ki 1:34 | ESV | STEP | Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him and said , Has not the Lord anointed you to be prince over his people Israel ? And you shall reign over the people of the Lord and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies . And this shall be the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you to be prince over his heritage .

1 Samuel 10:1

Saul Anointed King

1 ^aThen Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head ^band kissed him and said, “Has not the Lord anointed you to be prince ^{▼▼Or leader} over ^dhis people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the Lord and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you to be prince ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew lacks over his people Israel? And you shall. . . . to be prince} over his heritage.

1 Samuel 15:1

The Lord Rejects Saul

1 And Samuel said to Saul, ^f“The Lord sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel; now therefore listen to the words of the Lord.

2 Samuel 2:4

4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David ^gking over the house of Judah.

When they told David, ^h“It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,”

1 Kings 1:34

34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet there ⁱanoint him king over Israel. ^jThen blow the trumpet and say, ^k‘Long live King Solomon!’